Farm adviser program expands to Illinois counties
The article reports a federal plan funded by Congress to place a farm adviser and a woman adviser in home improvement in every county. Illinois already has multiple counties with farm bureaus and advisers. district leaders and funds require county organization, and matched county contributions for three years. Also noted are WCTU activities and a broader view on liquor licensing during wartime.
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Pyma
Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Illinois
Farm Bureau
Auctioneer Miles Fox Promotes Sale Dates
References to sales conducted by Miles Fox auctioneer. Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone or write for dates. Phone 2335 Princeton.
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Miles
FOX
Princeton
Drove Home Without Family in a Misdirected Dash
A Varna man Joe Haws drove home from Peoria with two daughters and a niece in the car. He thought the children were asleep in the back seat, but they were left behind in Washington after a nighttime car repair. They reached Metamora then Washington Hotel before reuniting with him later.
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Joe Haws
Varna
Haws
Peoria
Washington
Metamora
A. J. Martin
Mr. Haws
Metamora ‘Herald
Old Time Rover Returns With Winter Reminiscence
A fragment recalls a caller named Jack Frost, lingering briefly as summer fades and winter intrudes with cold breaths and sleigh bells imagined. The piece muses on seasonal change and the alertness needed to finish tasks, then shifts to a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and an ad for old papers at 5e per package.
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Summer
Jack Frost
Mrs Cassell of near McNabb dies after long illness
Mrs Anna M Edwards Cassell Dunbar Cassell aged 69 dies at her home three miles west of McNabb following paralytic stroke and heart trouble. She leaves four daughters and one son eight grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral at Florid cemetery with brief house services.
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Anna M. Cassell
Anna
William and
Mary Edwards
Edward
John Bumegarner
McNabb
Hiram R. Dunbar
H. P. Allenman
A. C. Foster
William B. Cassell
W. W. Rowe
C. H. Bishop
Harry V. Cassell
Cassell
William Edwards
H. H. Edwards
Strawn
M. “H. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Abel Mills
Rev. Bell
Bradford
Florid
A. B. Smith
Waterway Advisers organized to seek Joliet LaSalle link
Governor Frank O Lowden announced a board of water resource advisers including S Con way, Joy Morton, John T Pirie, George T Page and Charles B Fox. The group aims to secure a Joliet to LaSalle waterway, with Conway Pirie and Fox Republicans and Morton Page Democrats. Leslie D Puterbaugh and W L Sackett will lead the active organization.
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Frank O. Lowden
Board of Water Resource Advisers
S. Conway
Joy Morton
John T. Pirie
Chicago
George T. Page
Peoria
Charles B. Fox
East St. Louis
Joliet
Illinois River
LaSalle
Board of Advisers
Conway
Pirie
Fox
Morton
Page
Lowden
Leslie D. Puterbaugh
Public Works and Buildings Department
W. L. Sackett
Division of Waterways
Noble Words of Frank Sigel
The Detroit Free Press quotes Frank Sigel praising German immigrants who fought for the Union and the defense of the negro, urging Americans to remember their sacrifices. Sigel declares his American identity while affirming pride in German heritage and the Union’s ongoing importance.
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Sherman
Roe
Springfield
Germany
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Belgium
Frank Sigel
Detroit Free Press
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Mary Paskell
America
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Wilde
Disoway
Ballie di
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Marshall County
Venona
Heinz Bros
Rinelander
Wis
Douglas Hawse
John Hawse
Standard
Hawse
Douglas
Jacobs
Black Henry
Poland
China
H. J. Blackburn
Waterway Advisers
Ee Ee Es
Thomas J. Crawford
William Hemmerle
London
Ottawa
Edward Dunne
Crawford
Chevrolet
Square Deal
Whitefield
Saratoga
Steuben, LaPrairie
Chillicothe
Medina
Hallock Township
Square Deal Garage
Geo.m. Foote
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